Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-22
Braat GaMntp @erald,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER p, 1887.
,Eown and County Neus.
Remember Tue fremen's dance.

= - A@NS9f VI LChultuOlc, wa
in hecity Monday.
Mr., James A. DAVIS, of Patch. Grove
visited 1.-THE hub'' last~Friday.
Mr.. d. T. Parker, OF Fennimore. wa
in this city the first Of the week.
Mr.. Frank Barr and G. b. Stowel
left this city Monday for Michigan.
Mr.. James Hicklin, Of Patch Grove
was in the city Thursday on business
Mr.. Henry Danc.if, Of Fennimorc
made Lancaster flying visit on Satur
day.
Mrs. Edward Pollock accompanied
her sister Mis-. Hess to Kansas Satur.
day.
Attend the firemcns dance aext Mon
day night and vote on the gold. headed
cane.
John Taylor is back from Wahpeton
Dakota. He viii spend the winter il
Lancaster
Alessrs. JAS McGonigal, Dr. CrOnin
and viii Stevens, of Cassyile. were il
Lancaster Friday.
A. party Of ladies composed of Mrs
Geo. Edwards, Mrs. Morris Murphy anC
Mrs. BROKER, visited Cobb last week.
Mrs. Flora Moore, Of Iowa, will come
to Lancaster in few days to spend The
winter with her sister, Mrs. f. +. Bar.
stow
Snow fell here Tuesday and Wednes-
day e the depth Of ten or twelve in,
ches, and it brightens the holiday out.
look.
VIM. Place, young man who left
this township for Emmettsburg. Iowa
last spring, is home again visiting his
parents
The Dry Bone Post-office has been
ordered discontinued; mail intended for
that point will hereafter be received at
Montfort
Misses Carrie, Ida and Ada Baxter,
daughters Of d. W. Baxter, Of
Fennimore, looked over the HERALD
Office Saturday.
Mr.. Fred Bryan stopped here Mon
day to shake hands with his old friends.
He was on his way to Dolau, Dakota,
from Chicago.
Mr. VIM. II. Putnam, Treasurer Of
Boscobel, is the first to pay his State
tax in to Mr.. Mcmahon viii is always
on time in everything.
Mr.. Geo. Baxter is home from Madi.
son for the holidays Misses Mable
Bushnell and Mamie Book are expected
home to-day Wednesday.
Miss Susie Thompson and Carrie Cox
returned here from Kearncy Junction,
Ncb. last Thursday evening They will
probably remain in Lancaster
Mr. John +. Lewis came down from
Madison Saturday aud stopped at home
over Sunday. He says there is a pros
pect Of a long term Of court.
Geo. Sykes. who has been i'll with
malaria for some weeks in this city, re-
turned with his mother to their home
in Monroe the first of this week.
Among the names Of those who were
granted an icrease Of pension on the
10th inst. by the goverment,we fndthat
Of Henry Brondes, Of Mt. Hope.
NJ. O. Reilly Of Galena, was down at
Hurricane Saturday looking after his
land interests there, and stopped into
the HERALD Office on his way back
Mr.. II. w. Favor, druggist at Bos-
cobel, visited Lancaster Saturday on
business He was accompanied BY Mr..
G w. Cook, one Of the Dial printers
Capt. Il. I. Young, Of Patch Grove.
grew on is farm this season 40 bushels
Of potatoes from q acres of land which
he sold at an average Of 30 cts. bushe.
4 private letter from Wahpeton, Da-
kota, states that John Gudger, a for
mer Lancaster boy. was considerably
hurt by bis team running away few
days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Barlow, of Hickory
Ridge visited their daughter Mrs. Ed
ward Reed Of this city on sunday last
Mrs. Reed returned with them to
Hickory Ridge.
Phillip Muench, residing two and
one-half miles southeast Of Lancaster
Will sell lot Of farm property at auc-
ton Read his 'ad" in this paper and
his large posters.
l.. 4. Tyler, Of Patch Grove. called
1t the HERALD office Saturday and left
s, 80 with Us on subscription lie says
hi. crops were better this year than last
and that It makes him better natured,
Mr. Patrick Boyle. Of Patch Grove,
wa Ill The city Thursday Mr. Boyle is
war veteran lie was under
Mcpherson and served three Years, and
Il pleased him Is meet our old soldiers
here.
Messrs. John and VIM Cohen. Of
Fennimore township, were ia Lancas-
ter on business Monday Mr. and Mrs
John Cohen viii 60 to Toronto Clnada,
this Wednesday, to spend the winter
with their daughter and son-in-law.
a lively runaway occurred at the de.
pot few days ago. Young BishelI
was driving With a load Of corn when
the king bolt broke and the horses ran
with the front wheels After circling
around the round house and running
over everything they could get over,
the team was caught BY Ben Britton
The wagon tongue was broken.
viii Haven writes from Madison,
by all means take in the Banjo ana
Guitar club concert Its fun, Their
spirited playing elected hearty applause
and they acquitted themselves in an
exceedingly creditable manner and gem
orally made quite a hit They deserve
all tie encouragement they received
ana ON people are justified III hoping